Automatic lamp for automobiles and the like.



v S. A. HUNTLEY. AUTOMATIC LAMP FOR AUTOMOBILES AND THE LIKE.APPLICATION FILED MMLZB, 1918.

1 ,292,'785 Patented Jan. 28, 1919.

UNITED; STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STEPHEN A. HUNTLEY, OF RIVERTON, WYOMING, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HENRYBOYD HUGHES, OF FREMONT COUNTY, WYOMING, AND ONE-HALF TO JOHN FRANK- LINHUNTLEY, OF LANDER, WYOMING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 28, 1919.

Application filed March 28, 1918. Serial No. 225,264.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, STEPHEN A. HUN'rLnY, acitizen of the United States of America, and resident of Riverton, inthe county of Fremont and State of Wyoming, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Automatic Lamps for Automobiles and the like,of which the following is a spec1fication.

This invention relates to lamps for automobiles and the like andparticularly to dirigible lamps.

An object of this invention is to provlde novel means whereby the lampmay be turned according to the direction of travel of the automobile, asdetermined by the movement of the steering mechanism, and it has for itsobject further, the provision of novel means whereby one of the lampsmay be retained so as to direct the rays or beam straight ahead, whileat the same time, another lamp is being turned in the direction oftravel as in rounding a curve or corner.

A still further object of this invention is to provide lamp operatingmechanism which is positively actuated as the steering devices aremoved, provision being also made for disconnecting the lamp actuatingmeans to avoid wearing of the parts or for other purposes.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists inthe details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination ofparts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings, wherein like characters denote correspondingparts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 illustrates a view inelevation of a fragment of an automobile with the invention appliedthereto;

Fig. 2 illustrates a sectional view of the lamp supporting posts withthe operating mechanism in plan;

Fig. 3 illustrates a transverse sectional view with parts in elevation;and

Fig. 4 illustrates a longitudinal sectional view of a fragment of thedevice.

In these drawings 5 denotes a bracket, it being understood that two ofsuch brackets are employed, one on each side of the car, although itwill be understood that a single lamp may be operated by the lamp movingmechanism, and, therefore, I do not wish to belimited with respecttoothe number of lamps in connection with which the invention may beemployed.

Each bracket may constitute a bearin in which a shank or shaft 6 of alamp is mounted so that the lamp may be rotatably supported with respectto the bracket, and if desired a suitable casing 8may be supplied,associated with each bracket and lamp, constituting a housing, in whichoperating mechanism can be placed. The said housing may also be providedwith apertures 9 in which a shaft 10 is journaled. Within each housing,I mount a drum 11 and attach it to the shaft 10 so that when the shaftis rotated, the drums will be rotated. Each drum has a radial slot 12and a diagonal slot 13 which merge to form clearances for a cross head14, each of said cross heads being pivotally connected to an arm 15which is keyed on one of the shafts 6.

- When the drums are applied and secured to the shaft 10, the slots ofthe drums are set so that one cross head will be affected oppositely tothat of the cross head in the slot of the other drum, the saidarrangement being for the purpose of causing one of the shafts of a lampto be turned while the other is held stationary, and vice versa.

In order to actuate or rotate the shaft 10, I preferably effect aconnection so that motion is derived from a steering arm 16, althoughother means may be provided for rotating the shaft 10, according to thedirection of travel of the automobileas determined by the steeringmechanism or the movement of the front wheels. In the present embodimentof the invention, I have pivotally connected a link 17 to an oscillatingarm 18 by which the steering arm is reciprocated, the pivot of the linkbeing indicated by the numeral 10 and I have pivotally connected theopposite end of the link 17 to an arm 20 which is connected to the shaft21, the said shaft 21 having in the present showing, a pin 22 whichprojects through an irregularly shaped slot 23 in a clutch member 24,which is rotatable and slidable on the said shaft 21, and the saidchrtch men'iber has lugs E2 5 entering apertures 26 in one of the drums,so that" member on the shaft 21" so that the clutch member may beuncoupled from, thedru m,

to avoid Wear when the lanips are not to be operated.

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